Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon

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Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon

Charles René Gaston Gustave comte de Raousset-Boulbon (born December 2, 1817 in Avignon , † August 12, 1854 in Guaymas , Mexico ) was a French adventurer and filibuster . He also called himself Gaston Raoulx Boulbon .

Life

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He came from the impoverished landed gentry from the Avignon area and was distantly related to the French royal family. After spending his youth in Algeria under sometimes adventurous circumstances, he followed the call of the California gold rush . When he arrived there, the most interesting claims had already been issued, so that in the following years he made two attempts, like several other adventurers - so-called filibusters - to found his own state under his leadership in Sonora . However , he was defeated by the Mexican military , captured and executed in Guaymas on August 12, 1854 .

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Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon left several writings, including:

literature

  • Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte-Wyse, Marie-Christine d'Aragon: Gaston Ier Le rêve mexicain du comte de Raousset-Boulbon , France Empire, 2000, ISBN 2704809119
  • Henry de la Madeleine, Le Comte Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon. Sa vie et ses aventures (d'après ses papiers et sa correspondance) , chez Poulet-Malassis et De Broise, Alençon 1856
  • Maurice Soulié, La grande aventure. L'épopée du Comte de Raousset-Boulbon au Mexique (1850-1854) , Payot, Paris 1926
  • Ernest Vigneaux: Souvenirs d'un prisonnier de Guerre au Mexique
  • Baron Marc de Villiers du Terrage, Conquistadores et roitelets: Rois sans couronne. Du Roi des Canaries à l'Empereur du Sahara , Perrin et cie, Paris 1906, pp. 287-307
  • Friedrich Wencker-Wildberg : Uncrowned kings. Attempt of a world history of the adventurer. , Das Bergland-Buch, Graz 1934, pp. 586–627
  • Sir John Retcliffe: The Adventurers & Gold Fever. Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg 1964.

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personal data
SURNAME Raousset-Boulbon, Gaston de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raousset-Boulbon, Gaston Raouix de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French adventurer and filibuster
DATE OF BIRTH December 2, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Avignon
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1854
Place of death Guaymas , Mexico